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Reminded me of 'Maximum Overdrive' (1986) directed by Stephen King.

posted 9 years ago by lackery
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Felt like the same premise, obviously creatures instead of trucks. Pretty good 'B Movie' Horror..the sort of film that you'd expect from see in a 'Drive-In' back in the day. Just felt, a little more humour could of been added,..ending seemed wrong because of time-span.

[–] Dan_Garten 8 years ago

Yeah, sort of similar to Maximum Overdrive.

[–] desertrose0601-690-503760 8 years ago

Well. Same author, so...Makes sense that it would feel familiar.

[–] TOASTnJAM 8 years ago

Reminded me of a even older sci/fi horror The Crawling Eye (1958)

Mysterious mountain cloud hiding creatures descends into a town and the townsfolk flee into a buiding

I thought P.E.T.A. meant People Eating Tasty Animals